2011 Vermont Code
Title 04 Judiciary
Chapter 1 SUPREME COURT
§ 32 Jurisdiction; criminal division

§ 32. Jurisdiction; criminal division

(a) The criminal division shall have jurisdiction to try, render judgment, and pass sentence in prosecutions for felonies and misdemeanors.

(b) The criminal division shall have jurisdiction to try and finally determine prosecutions for violations of bylaws or ordinances of a village, town, or city, except as otherwise provided.

(c) The criminal division shall have jurisdiction of the following civil actions:

(1) Appeals of final decisions of the judicial bureau.

(2) DUI license suspension hearings filed pursuant to chapter 24 of Title 23.

(3) Extradition proceedings filed pursuant to chapter 159 of Title 13.

(4) Drug forfeiture proceedings under subchapter 2 of chapter 84 of Title 18.

(5) Fish and wildlife forfeiture proceedings under chapter 109 of Title 10.

(6) Liquor forfeiture proceedings under chapter 19 of Title 7.

(7) Hearings relating to refusal to provide a DNA sample pursuant to 20 V.S.A. { 1935.

(8) Automobile forfeiture and immobilization proceedings under chapters 9 and 13 of Title 23.

(9) Sex offender proceedings pursuant to 13 V.S.A. §§ 5411(e) and 5411d(f).

(10) Restitution modification proceedings pursuant to 13 V.S.A. { 7043(h).

(11) Municipal parking violation proceedings pursuant to 24 V.S.A. { 1974a(e), if the municipality has established an administrative procedure enabling a person to contest the violation, and the person has exhausted the administrative procedure.

(12) Proceedings to enforce chapter 74 of Title 9, relating to energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment.

(13) Proceedings to enforce 21 V.S.A. { 268, relating to commercial building energy standards. (Added 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), { 7c.)